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	'''''King Uncle''''' is a 1993 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Rakesh Roshan]]. The film stars [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]], and [[Anu Agarwal]] . [[Nagma]], [[Paresh Rawal]], [[Sushmita Mukherjee]], Pooja Ruparel, [[Deven Verma]] in supporting roles. The film was inspired from the 1982 English film ''[[Annie (1982 film)\|Annie]]'' that starred [[Aileen Quinn]] and [[Albert Finney]], which in turn is based upon the 1924 comic strip ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]'' by [[Harold Gray]]. The film was box office success and has since gained cult status, being well received by families and children. Both Shroff and Ruparel's performances received critical acclaim.		'''''King Uncle''''' is a 1993 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Rakesh Roshan]]. The film stars [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]], and [[Anu Agarwal]]. [[Nagma]], [[Paresh Rawal]], [[Sushmita Mukherjee]], Pooja Ruparel, [[Deven Verma]] appear in supporting roles. The film was inspired from the 1982 English film ''[[Annie (1982 film)\|Annie]]'' that starred [[Aileen Quinn]] and [[Albert Finney]], which in turn is based upon the 1924 comic strip ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]'' by [[Harold Gray]]. The film was box office success and has since gained cult status, being well received by families and children. Both Shroff and Ruparel's performances received critical acclaim.

	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	Ashok Bansal ([[Jackie Shroff]]) is a strict industrialist, inspired by the British 'stiff upper lip'. Ashok starts hating poor people & starts working hard to become rich because his mother abandoned him with his two other siblings and left for a richer man in the past. In the process of acquiring wealth, he becomes an unbearable disciplinarian and neglects his family consisting of his younger brother Anil ([[Shah Rukh Khan\|Shahrukh Khan]]) and sister Suneeta (Nivedita Saraf). He gets his sister Suneeta married to a man who turns out to be a golddigger although she is in love with Ashok's manager ([[Vivek Vaswani]]). Anil goes against his brother's highhanded ways and marries Kavita a poor girl ([[Nagma]]), opting to leave the house.		Ashok Bansal ([[Jackie Shroff]]) is a strict industrialist, inspired by the British 'stiff upper lip'. Ashok starts hating poor people & starts working hard to become rich because his mother abandoned him with his two other siblings and left for a richer man in the past. In the process of acquiring wealth, he becomes an unbearable disciplinarian and neglects his family consisting of his younger brother Anil ([[Shah Rukh Khan\|Shahrukh Khan]]) and sister Suneeta (Nivedita Saraf). He gets his sister Suneeta married to a man who turns out to be a golddigger, although she is in love with Ashok's manager ([[Vivek Vaswani]]). Anil goes against his brother's highhanded ways and marries Kavita a poor girl ([[Nagma]]), opting to leave the house.

	Munna (Pooja Ruparel), an orphan arrives at Ashok Bansal's house & tries to thaw the icy strict Ashok. She creates havoc in Ashok's home and eventually manages to become an apple of his ~~eyes~~, while he tries to get her taken back from the orphanage run by a scheming drunkard warden (Sushmita Mukherjee) who had to bear losses due to Munna spilling the beans about her drunken behavior. Thanks to Munna's suggestions, he frees his sister from her abusive husband and brings her home.		Munna (Pooja Ruparel), an orphan arrives at Ashok Bansal's house & tries to thaw the icy strict Ashok. She creates havoc in Ashok's home and eventually manages to become the apple of his eye, while he tries to get her taken back from the orphanage run by a scheming drunkard warden (Sushmita Mukherjee), who had to bear losses due to Munna spilling the beans about her drunken behavior. Thanks to Munna's suggestions, he frees his sister from her abusive husband and brings her home.

	When the orphanage warden plans to kidnap Munna to kill and dump her and usurp ransom from Ashok Bansal, not realizing their evil plan he lets Munna go. Realizing that he misses Munna, he decides to adopt Munna saving her from the clutches of the warden and her criminal boyfriend (Paresh Rawal) . Ashok Bansal eventually with the help of Munna mends fences with his own family and becomes a kind man with a one big happy family.		When the orphanage warden plans to kidnap Munna to kill and dump her and usurp ransom from Ashok Bansal, not realizing their evil plan he lets Munna go. Realizing that he misses Munna, he decides to adopt Munna saving her from the clutches of the warden and her criminal boyfriend (Paresh Rawal) . Ashok Bansal eventually with the help of Munna mends fences with his own family and becomes a kind man with a one big happy family.

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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = King Uncle
| image = Kingunclefilm.jpg
| producer = Rakesh Roshan
| director = [[Rakesh Roshan]]
| music = [[Rajesh Roshan]]
| starring = [[Jackie Shroff]] [[Shah Rukh Khan]] [[Anu Agarwal]] [[Nagma]] [[Paresh Rawal]] [[Sushmita Mukherjee]] [[Deven Verma]] Pooja Ruparel
| distributor = [[Venus Records & Tapes]] (audio) Baba Eros International (video)
| released = {{film date|df=y|1993|2|5}}
| runtime = 171 min.
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
}}

'''''King Uncle''''' is a 1993 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Rakesh Roshan]]. The film stars [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]], and [[Anu Agarwal]] . [[Nagma]], [[Paresh Rawal]], [[Sushmita Mukherjee]], Pooja Ruparel, [[Deven Verma]] in supporting roles. The film was inspired from the 1982 English film ''[[Annie (1982 film)|Annie]]'' that starred [[Aileen Quinn]] and [[Albert Finney]], which in turn is based upon the 1924 comic strip ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]'' by [[Harold Gray]]. The film was box office success and has since gained cult status, being well received by families and children. Both Shroff and Ruparel's performances received critical acclaim.

==Synopsis==
Ashok Bansal ([[Jackie Shroff]]) is a strict industrialist, inspired by the British 'stiff upper lip'. Ashok starts hating poor people & starts working hard to become rich because his mother abandoned him with his two other siblings and left for a richer man in the past. In the process of acquiring wealth, he becomes an unbearable disciplinarian and neglects his family consisting of his younger brother Anil ([[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]]) and sister Suneeta (Nivedita Saraf). He gets his sister Suneeta married to a man who turns out to be a golddigger although she is in love with Ashok's manager ([[Vivek Vaswani]]). Anil goes against his brother's highhanded ways and marries Kavita a poor girl ([[Nagma]]), opting to leave the house.

Munna (Pooja Ruparel), an orphan arrives at Ashok Bansal's house & tries to thaw the icy strict Ashok. She creates havoc in Ashok's home and eventually manages to become an apple of his eyes, while he tries to get her taken back from the orphanage run by a scheming drunkard warden (Sushmita Mukherjee) who had to bear losses due to Munna spilling the beans about her drunken behavior. Thanks to Munna's suggestions, he frees his sister from her abusive husband and brings her home.

When the orphanage warden plans to kidnap Munna to kill and dump her and usurp ransom from Ashok Bansal, not realizing their evil plan he lets Munna go. Realizing that he misses Munna, he decides to adopt Munna saving her from the clutches of the warden and her criminal boyfriend (Paresh Rawal) . Ashok Bansal eventually with the help of Munna mends fences with his own family and becomes a kind man with a one big happy family.

== Cast ==
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
* [[Jackie Shroff]] as Ashok Bansal aka King Uncle
* [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]] as Anil Bansal, younger brother of Ashok
* [[Anu Agarwal]] as Fenni Fernando
* [[Nagma]] as Kavita Bansal
* [[Pooja Ruparel]] as Munna Bansal
* [[Nivedita Joshi]] as Suneeta Bansal
* [[Paresh Rawal]] as Pratap
* [[Sushmita Mukherjee]] as Shanti
* [[Deven Verma]] as Karim, Head Servant
* [[Dalip Tahil]] as Pradeep Mallik
*[[Bharat Kapoor]] as Mr Mallik, Pradeep's brother
*[[Madhu Malhotra]] as Mrs Mallik
*[[Vivek Vaswani]] as Kamal, Ashok's Secretary and Sunita's love Interest
*[[Viju Khote]] as jairam, Marriage Mediator of Sunita and Pradeep
* [[Dinesh Hingoo]] as Chunilal, Servant
*[[Ghanshyam Rohera]] as Tiktiani, Servant
*[[Raj Kishore]] as Bansal's Office Employee
*[[Deb Mukherjee]] as PT Trainer and Father of Ashok Bansal (Guest Role)
*[[Kunika]] as Kamla, Mother of Ashok Bansal (Guest Role)
*[[Joginder]] as Truck Driver who fights and Quarrels with Ashok (Guest Role)
*[[Rajesh Puri]] as Hero in the Movie (Guest Role)
*[[Guddi Maruti]] as Girl in the Movie (Guest Role)
{{div col end}}

==Soundtrack==
The music is composed by Rajesh Roshan, while the songs are written by Indeevar and Javed Akhtar.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s) !! Lyricist(s)
|-
| 1
| "Akkad Bakkad Bombay Bo"
| [[Sudesh Bhosle]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
| [[Javed Akhtar]]
|-
| 2
| "Dil Mane Jise Wohi Apna"
| [[Kumar Sanu]]
| [[Indeevar]]
|-
| 3
| "Fenny Ne Mujhe Bulaya"
| [[Sudesh Bhosle]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
| Javed Akhtar
|-
| 4
| "Hum Rahe Na Rahe Yahan Par"
| [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| Indeevar
|-
| 5
| "Is Jahan Ki Nahi Hain"
| [[Nitin Mukesh]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| Indeevar
|-
| 6
| "Khush Rahne Ko Zaroori"
| [[Vinod Rathod]], Nitin Mukesh, Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam
| Indeevar
|-
| 7
| "Parody"
| Sudesh Bhosle, [[Sapna Mukherjee]]
| Javed Akhtar
|-
| 8
| "Tare Aasman Ke Dharti Pe"
| Sadhana Sargam
| Indeevar
|}

==Production==
*The titular role was originally offered to [[Amitabh Bachchan]], but he declined.
*The film is based on the American musical and film ''[[Annie (1982 film)|Annie]]'' (1982).
*The film's song "Tare Aasman Ke Dharti Pe" as well as some continued melodies through the movie are sampled from the whistling tune used by [[Roxette]] in their song "[[Joyride (Roxette song)|Joyride]]".

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0107321}}

{{Rakesh Roshan}}

[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1993 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Rakesh Roshan]]
[[Category:Films scored by Rajesh Roshan]]
[[Category:Films about orphans]]